Roy Nissany

Roy Nissany (רוי ניסני; ; born 30 November 1994) is an Israeli racing driver who most recently competed in the 2023 Formula 2 Championship with PHM Racing by Charouz.

He is the son of former racing driver Chanoch Nissany.

Nissany was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, and resides in Herzliya, Israel.

He is the son of the former Israeli one-time Minardi Formula One test driver, Chanoch Nissany.

Nissany races under the flag of his native Israel, however he also holds a French passport.

Nissany began karting at the age of six.

In 2004, he drove for the Hungarian G-Kart Racing Team, and finished fourth overall in the FIA Central European Zone Trophy and in the Hungarian Karting Championship.

In 2007, Nissany drove for the Italian Morsicani Racing Team, racing in the Italian Open Masters and 13th Winter Cup in Lonato del Garda.

In the following year, he raced for the Gandolfi Racing Team and scored a best finish of second in the Mille Dollari race in Pomposa.

Nissany began his car racing career in 2010, finishing eighth in the 2010 Formula Lista Junior championship and scoring a pole position at Monza.

After the tenth round in Monza, Nissany had scored only a single point – a 10th-place finish at the feature race at Spa-Francorchamps.

In contrast, teammate Luca Ghiotto had collected 94 points including four podium finishes.

Nissany was then replaced by Roberto Merhi for the remaining two rounds of the season.

Nissany scored a point in the opening race at the Red Bull Ring, finishing 10th.

His next points finish came at the thirteenth race of the season, the feature race at Spa-Francorchamps, where he finished eighth.

This put Nissany on reverse-grid pole position for the sprint race, however he was forced to retire from the race after a collision with fellow Williams Driver Academy member Dan Ticktum.

In 2011, he moved to the ADAC Formel Masters series (now ADAC Formula 4) for the Mücke Motorsport team, racing against drivers such as Pascal Wehrlein and Artem Markelov.

He finished the season in 11th place, scoring two podium finishes.

Nissany scored 11 points including two eighth-place finishes, and ended the season 22nd in the championship.

Nissany competed again in 2012, finishing in ninth place and scoring one win at the Red Bull Ring.

In 2013 Nissany moved up to the FIA Formula 3 European Championship with Mücke Motorsport alongside future IndyCar driver Felix Rosenqvist.

Nissany took a podium finish with third place at the Red Bull Ring, and ended the season 13th in the championship with 27 points to Panis' 42.

He competed again in 2014 alongside Rosenqvist and Lucas Auer.

In 2015 Nissany moved to the Formula Renault 3.5 Series with Tech 1 Racing alongside Aurélien Panis.

He moved to Lotus for the 2016 season alongside René Binder.

Nissany's 2016 season was more successful; he claimed three pole positions, three race wins and four further podium finishes to end the season fourth in the championship, ahead of Binder and behind future Formula 2 competitor Louis Delétraz.

Unfortunately for Nissany, his only other points finish came in Monza, as he ended up 16th in the championship.

Nissany remained with DAMS for a second season, partnering F3 graduate Ayumu Iwasa.

Nissany finished 17th in the championship with 26 points, his best race result being sixth place at the Nürburgring.

Nissany then moved to RP Motorsport for 2017 as the series became the World Series Formula V8 3.5.

Nissany was one of only eight full-time drivers in the series, which folded the following year due to a lack of entries.

Nissany had another successful season, winning a race at the Circuito de Jerez and claiming five more podium places to finish fifth in the championship.

In 2018, Nissany competed in the FIA Formula 2 Championship with Campos Vexatec Racing.

Nissany suffered a training injury at the beginning of 2019 and did not compete in racing during the year.

Nissany ended the season 19th in the drivers' championship, scoring five of his team's six points that year.

In 2020 he returned to Formula 2 to race for Trident Racing alongside Marino Sato.

In December 2020, Nissany drove for DAMS in the post-season Formula 2 test at the Bahrain International Circuit.

In January 2021 it was confirmed that Nissany would move to DAMS for the season, driving alongside Ferrari Driver Academy member Marcus Armstrong.

Nissany qualified seventh for the Monaco round, his best Formula 2 qualifying position.

This put him fourth on the grid for the opening sprint race, and an oil leak for Christian Lundgaard during the race elevated Nissany to third place and allowed him to claim his first Formula 2 podium finish.